What kind of bad intentions can the little prince have?

Minyue has been thriving. For most people, life is full of hope, and that is a quiet time.

The immigration work of Minyue has now been put on the bright side. Everyone knows that King Min is developing Yizhou. Li Yue also greeted Li Zhi and Empress Wu. In a few years, Yizhou is almost developed. , he planned to return Minyue to the imperial court, and his lineage would be transferred to Yizhou in the future.

It’s no wonder that the imperial court would reject such a good thing. No matter how good Yizhou is, it is also an overseas place for the imperial court. Qiongzhou has not been really managed by the imperial court for so many years. Now you can still lay tracks on land. It is not so easy for you to build a road and go to sea.The imperial court didn't spend that much money on developing Yizhou. Under such circumstances, Li Yue wanted to spend 20 years developing Yizhou, and then directly transfer this vein to Yizhou. For the imperial court, it was There is nothing harmful about everything.Because the imperial court obtained Minyue, which had become very rich and mature, and a clan vassal state at almost no cost.

The emperor and the empress could also understand Li Yue's considerations. After all, although they promised to let the King of Fujian lineage guard Minyue for generations, people's hearts are changeable. In the face of interests, it is normal for the emperor to turn his face like a book. In particular, the subsequent emperor may not be able to agree to what Li Zhi promised. Just take a step back, of course, the imperial court can't just take it for granted and just want benefits without paying the slightest price.

Therefore, the two emperors and empress directly promised that Yizhou will be Li Yue's feudal state in the future, because this can barely be regarded as the achievement of opening up territories, so after Ryukyu is not considered an internal vassal, but a suzerain vassal, the status Speaking of it, it should be comparable to some vassal states of the imperial court, but because Li Yue is the clan of the Li family, the relationship with Datang will be closer.In the past, half of Minyue's taxes had to be handed over to the central government, but after the move to Ryukyu, Li Yue could keep the taxes and so on, but it was just as usual, paying tribute on time.As for the tribute, what the tribute is and how much it is worth is Li Yue's own choice, and the court will not force it.

In order to support Minyue's development of Yizhou, the emperor and empress reduced Minyue's tax by half. All of them are planned and used by Minyue.In addition, the imperial court will also provide some convenience to Minyue in preventing immigration.

To be honest, after knowing Li Yue's decision, some people in the court were very shocked, and some people, such as Li Xian's clan, were a little sour.In the clan, there were also people who wanted to follow Li Yue's example and go out on their own, but when they opened their mouths here, Li Zhi beat them back with one sentence: "The King of Min doesn't need money from the court, you guys Do you have the patience?"

As soon as this was said, everyone was stupefied. To develop a relatively wild place, what is needed is not only a momentary ambition, but a steady stream of capital and population input.For example, many people in Datang are hunting whales at sea. For convenience, most of them will choose some small islands with no one or only a small number of indigenous people on the route as transit, and carry out preliminary processing of whales. There is actually no problem with these places as transfer stations, but if they are really developed, it will be very troublesome. On the one hand, these islands are actually very small. If coal is not cheap now, they can be directly transported on ships for refining whale oil and processing Whale meat and all the plants on the island were cut down and dried, but it was not enough for them to use.Moreover, there is a lack of fresh water on many islands, which can be tolerated if there are fewer people, but not enough if there are more people. Who would want to immigrate to such a place?As for finding a large island suitable for immigration like Li Yue, it will require more capital investment, and it is very likely that after you spend a lot of money, a storm at sea will wipe you out. All efforts were destroyed.With this money, everyone goes to Anton and Anxi to buy land, isn’t it better than this?

As for places that were originally suitable for human habitation, most of them are inhabited by indigenous people. If they want to go there, they have to rely on the army to fight there. If they have the ability, why do they still obey the orders of Li Zhi and his wife?As for taking a ride with Li Yue, hehe, I don't have enough money and population here, who are you!

In any case, after Li Yue made such a statement, the relationship with the center has become more and more relaxed. Those important officials in the court even felt that even if Li Yue moved most of the people in Minyue to develop Yizhou, They can also accept it. After all, Minyue is not as good as before. Both agriculture and industry are very prosperous. It can be said that the difference between there and Jiangnan is that there are more mountains there. Except for the main road, there is relatively no traffic. So convenient.However, a large number of terraced fields have been reclaimed there, rice and mulberry are widely planted, there are also a large number of tea gardens and orchards, there are also a lot of mines, and there are various workshops. Put the money into the account, and if there are fewer people, there will be fewer. As long as the imperial court takes the lead, it is estimated that many farmers who have lost their land are willing to emigrate there.

And Li Zhi and Empress Wu have become more tolerant towards Li Yue. Li Yue's side is unsealable, and he can be said to be the real lord of a country in the future. However, Li Yue's children can still Canonized, therefore, Mingzhu was directly conferred the title of princess, with a thousand households in the city, and the winter solstice was officially canonized as heir king. Li Zhi also said that if another son was born, at least one more county king could be canonized.

But within Minyue, people only know more about the situation in Yizhou. Among other things, the people sent by Li Yue have found the gold mine in Yizhou. It is an open-pit gold mine. After a while, a small handful of gold dust can be escaped, and some people have picked up the dog's head gold there.No matter what race or civilization, the desire for gold is always deep in the bones. Therefore, the news of the discovery of the gold mine spread a little bit. stand up.It's good to work hard to get rich, but everyone wants to get rich overnight, so Li Yue easily got tens of thousands of people to immigrate there.They mine gold over there, but they also have to consume it locally, so, in the final analysis, their gold is still for Li Yue.

The local natives in Yizhou are now almost all the diehards being harmonized. Who else would not want to live a truly good life?Life in the mountains is not easy. No matter how good the climate is, they are still in the state of slash-and-burn farming. They also rely on the sky for food. They don’t have much farming skills, and there are various dangers in the mountains. After going down the mountain, the immigrants teach them how to farm. , and will also give away some food, clothing and farm tools for free. There are well-built brick houses at the foot of the mountain. After working for a few more years, the brick house will be their own. The ordinary clansmen could no longer bear the temptation, and ran down the mountain to settle down!

Li Yue plans to use Yizhou as the center of the Ryukyu Islands, so he is also very concerned about the construction of Yizhou. After understanding the distribution of some minerals, the people who moved there in advance started to build workshops, burn bricks, and recruit people. , mainly the natives and those immigrants from the Central Plains. In the past, the immigrants were either panning for gold or starting plantations or some small workshops. Only immigrants with nothing to do such things as building cities would do it. The Yue people who migrated there Most of them have some family background. They used to make a lot of money, not to make a little money.Therefore, when they arrive one by one, they will either rent out most of the land allocated to them to others for farming, or they will directly take advantage of the cheap land prices to purchase large tracts of land, and then start to hire people to cultivate and plant various cash crops .

It is different for those immigrants who are poor and white, who are sent out by Minyue to fool them with bright prospects. They can hardly survive in their hometown. In the prosperous age, the people at the bottom can only survive. Of course, they are so easy to be satisfied, as long as they can survive.But the middle and upper class will grab more wealth in the prosperous age, so that they have more capital to deal with unknown risks in the future.The anti-risk ability of the underlying nature is very poor. Even if the weather has been smooth, it is difficult for them to have sufficient reserves.For example, nowadays, a large amount of grain can be harvested every year, no matter how bad it is, foreign imports will directly lead to lower grain prices. Rich people can grow cash crops, which will yield higher returns, but ordinary people can’t, because they Various taxes need to be paid. The tax these days is a tax in kind. Compared with growing cash crops, using the money from selling cash crops to buy food and pay taxes is unbearable for ordinary people who are conservative and can hardly bear risks. of.

Moreover, economic crops are not so easy to grow. It is very likely that they have been planted with great effort, but in the end they will be suppressed and the price will not be sold. In this case, it only needs a little accident. If they get hurt or get sick, they will have to sell the land on which they live, and turn from property owners to tenant farmers. The tenant farmers need to bear taxes and rent. If there is another accident, even the tenants will be No, I can only be a slave.

In some relatively prosperous places with convenient transportation, you can work even if you can’t farm, but in those places where the transportation is not so convenient and the dependence on agriculture is relatively large, ordinary people will never leave their villages for ten miles. What work can they do?Nowadays, the immigrants from outside of Minyue in Yizhou are mainly of these types. There is no land in their hometown, and it is a bit hard to be a tenant. Mu of Yongye land, the King of Min also provides cattle, farm tools and seeds without interest, which can be paid off in ten years. If you feel that the ten-year payment is not clear, then you can apply for 20 or 30 years. Of course, this is Certain interest is required.This is simply a free welfare. It is no wonder that these farmers who have lost their land are not paying attention!After they arrived at the field, they learned about Yizhou's policies on farming and land reclamation, and they started to act almost immediately.

The land tax in Yizhou is much lower than that in the Central Plains. To put it bluntly, Li Yue can't run out of food every year, so it doesn't make sense to collect too much land tax.What's more, Li Yue directly implements the appropriation of Ding Ding into the mu, and the land tax is simply converted into money. The land tax is converted according to the situation of the field, and the tax rate of ten taxes is one, although it sounds higher than that of the Han Dynasty. It's quite a bit higher, but the head tax and other things are also discounted in the land tax, so it's very cheap to calculate.The most important thing is that Li Yue has never conscripted corvee. He always contracts the projects directly to those businessmen, and these businessmen hire people to do it. As for whether they hire local people or labor they bought themselves, Li Yue does not know. More management, as long as the service is not overdone, this will reduce the burden on the people below a lot.

The immigrants only stayed for two or three years, and most of them had already paid off their previous debts, and each of them devoted themselves to a new life. Some of them, under the guidance of local officials, began to write letters to their relatives in their hometown. There is a reward for persuading them to immigrate too. If you can persuade a person to immigrate, these immigrants will also get an additional reward.Although the reward is not too much, it is very attractive to those who are accustomed to counting and counting. Besides, this is not a scam, it is for them to enjoy the blessing!This naturally led to a group of people immigrating here. In addition, the land is divided according to households. The immigrants are also very active in childbearing after they come here. Boys can open their own households at the age of 15 and directly grant land. If women want to be alone Establishing a household can also grant land.

However, this kind of thing is still very rare, because if a female household is established, the government will guarantee the property rights of the female household. As the head of the household, such a woman can only choose to recruit a husband. After all, when the female household gets married, she will marry to another household. , is it possible that one household is granted two fields?In Yizhou, as long as adult males are naturalized and registered, they can share the land. Who will marry? That is, those natives who want to naturalize but are not yet qualified to register and share the land will choose this. The problem is that most women are Would not choose to combine with native men.And if women do not have independent households, they enter the workshop to work as female workers when they are in their natal homes. According to the rules of this era, the money they earn is not easy to keep privately. It is public property, and the income is not much lower than that of farming.There are also those women who are at odds with their natal family who have managed to set up a female household, but again, in the absence of mechanized production, and without the help of their natal family, it is not easy to cultivate so many fields, and In Yizhou, it is strictly forbidden to abandon farmland. As long as you are not planting something that is strictly prohibited, otherwise, you can grow anything, but it is forbidden to abandon it. This directly leads to those women who are single households can only rent the land to others species, earn an extra income by spinning and weaving.

In any case, the sexes in Yizhou are relatively equal, which also makes this place more prosperous. Li Yue did some statistics, and after doing some calculations, he found that it is estimated that in 15 years at most, the people in Yizhou will be more prosperous. There can be a population of one million or more, which is enough to stabilize the rule of Yizhou. If you count the entire Ryukyu, there will be about one million households by then. After a few decades of recuperation, the population should increase by two or three Fan, there are enough people to explore more distant places.

At this time, on the other side of Luoyang, people from Tubo came.